NO WARNING ISSUED
DURING RAID ON FIRTH OF FORTH MR CHAMBERLAIN EXPLAINS. DEFENCES FULLY READY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON. October 17. In his statement in the House of Commons on the German air raid on the Firth of Forth, Mr Chamberlain said it was not considered appropriate to issue an air raid warning because the attack appeared to be local and small, and the defences were fully ready. A warning would have caused widespread dislocation and inconvenience. The circumstances under which a train crossed the Forth Bridge would be considered. The local defences were fully effective.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 6
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101NO WARNING ISSUED Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 October 1939, Page 6
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